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Author
Mulholland, G. W.
Title
Global Soot Growth Model.
Coporate
National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Book or Conf
International Association for Fire Safety Science. Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. 1st International Symposium October 7-11, 1985, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., New York, Gaithersburg, MD, Grant, C. E.; Pagni, P. J., Editors, 709-718 p., 1986
Keywords
soot | free radicals
Abstract
Analytical results for soot concentration, average particle size, and the size distribution are obtained for a free radical soot growth model which includes a constant nucleation source, growth, and coagulation. Results are obtained with and without coagulation included and for a size independent growth rate as well as growth rate proportional to the surface area. Neither this model nor a nucleation pulse model is able to account for all the results on soot formation for shock tube and pyrolysis experiments.